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In-Depth: Ohio daycare costs surging during the pandemic, according to new survey
In-Depth: Ohio daycare costs surging according to new survey.
and last updated 2021-01-19 07:07:29-05
CLEVELAND â A new survey from LendingTree.com shows Ohio with the third-highest average increase in daycare costs per child in the country since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
LendingTree researchers said they used Center for American Progress data on costs for center-based child care providers and data from Child Care Aware of America on household child care costs to quantify the effect on households.
The survey showed Ohio with a 102% increase in daycare costs during the pandemic, with an average annual cost of $7,554 per child before the pandemic, and a $15,230 average annual cost per child as the pandemic moved into 2021.